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The European Stability Mechanism will open books on Tuesday on what SSA bankers believe will be the first euro benchmark issuance to carry a negative yield.

South Korea has taken big steps to open up its equity capital markets, tweaking its listing guidelines to woo domestic and international issuers to list on its exchange. Bankers are lauding the changes, but the fact that the stock market has also added numerical criteria could pose an obstacle to growth.

Ireland will sell debt at the very end of its curve this week, as the European Central Bank’s new public sector purchase programme (PSPP) begins.

France’s sovereign debt office, the Agence France Trésor, has appointed a new chief executive to take over from Ambroise Fayolle.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to extend formal recognition of covered central counterparties based in Singapore under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.

Ineos, the Swiss-registered chemicals company, has brought forward the deadline for its bond-to-loan refinancing, after nearly doubling the size of the deal on Friday.

Caisse des Dépots et Consignations is taking indications of interest on its first sterling syndication in nine months.

Christopher Fix, former CEO of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange, has been appointed as a managing director and head of Asia Pacific at CME Group.

Italian telecom company Wind Telecomunicazioni cut down the initial size of the loan portion of a refinancing to €700m, and upped its bond offering.

The Singapore Exchange has opened a new office in Hong Kong in a bid to further bolster its growth in Greater China. This comes following the firm’s expansion of operations into Hong Kong last summer.

Crédit Agricole brought in a stunning amount of interest for its euro denominated tier two deal on Monday, and the bank is readying another launch in dollars this afternoon.

Kongsberg Automotive, the Norwegian car parts maker, has completed refinancing a revolving credit facility.